West Indies great Michael Holding has taken aim at Australia and England for not supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in their Twenty20 series, slamming captain Aaron Finch's reasoning as 'lame'
West Indies great Michael Holding has taken aim at Australia and England for not taking the knee, slamming captain Aaron Finch's reasoning as "lame".
Holding spoke powerfully in July on the issue, outlining his experiences of institutionalised racism.His comments come in the week Cricket Australia launched its Cricket Connecting Country series, addressing racism in Australian society and injustices from the game's past.why his team would not take the knee during the tour."I have spoken to Eoin [Morgan] and we are not going to do specific gestures like it has happened in the past.
Holding, however, has hit out at the Australia limited-overs captain's explanation, labelling it as "lame". "If you go back to when taking a knee started and what it stood for, or stands for, it goes back to Colin Kaepernick in America, who took a knee because he wanted to bring attention to the racism and police brutality against people of colour in that country.
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